The nurse is teaching the parents of a 6-year-old who is taking cyclosporine following renal transplant. What sign should the nurse tell the parents to be especially alert for?
A) Weight loss
B) Hypotension
C) Signs of infection
D) Hair loss
C
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How does the DSM-IV-TR define binge eating?
A) "Eating a great deal of food in a short period of time and then returning to normal intake." B) "Eating in a discrete period of time (usually less than 2 hours) an amount of food that is definitely larger than most people would eat under similar circumstances." C) "Eating an overabundance of a specific type of food (sweets, fruits, vegetables) in a short period of time." D) "Periodically overindulging in a specific type of food (usually sweets or fast food) in a short period of time and then returning to normal dietary intake."
A patient reports epigastric pain that occurs after meals and often awakens the patient at night. The nurse would ask additional assessment questions about which disorder?
1. Urinary tract infection 2. Duodenal ulcer 3. Gastric ulcer 4. Intussusception
The nurse has developed a plan of care for a client experiencing dystocia and includes several nursing interventions in the plan. The nurse prioritizes the plan and selects which of the following nursing interventions as the highest priority?
1. Monitoring fetal status 2. Providing comfort measures 3. Changing the client's position frequently 4. Keeping the significant other informed of the progress of the labor
A community/public health nurse working in the late 1960s saw an increase in the number of psychiatric patients who were being cared for in the community. What was the reason for this increase?
a. Phenothiazine drugs such as chlorpromazine had been discovered. b. Lobbyists had demanded closure of state psychiatric hospitals. c. State funding encouraged the establishment of community mental health centers. d. Community-based therapy was found to be effective at controlling psychiatric symptoms.